Hizballah’s Recent Attack on Israel Could Be a Sign of Much Worse to Come
Who’s deterring whom?
August 9, 2021
Twenty Years after a Notorious Terrorist Attack, the Perpetrators Are Still Cashing In
“I carried out my mission and Allah made me successful.”
Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the Sbarro pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem—one of the second intifada’s most brutal acts of terror, which left fifteen dead and 130 wounded. While the attack—like the scores of other such bombings in those years—did nothing to improve the lot of the Palestinians, or to aid in the creation of a Palestinian state, it proved quite lucrative for the attackers. Maurice Hirsch explains:
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Twenty Years after a Notorious Terrorist Attack, the Perpetrators Are Still Cashing In
“I carried out my mission and Allah made me successful.”
The Costly Paradox of American Jewish Success
While WASPs won by losing, Jews lost by winning.
Why Scholarship Must Be Defended from the Temptations of Politics
Scholars pursue truth; politicians pursue power.
For “Jews of No Religion,” Chabad Hasidism Is the Denomination of Choice
“They don’t need a rabbi for something that’s not Jewish.”